Anthony maeschall



(Model.)

C. L. & A. MARSCHALL.

Buckle.

No. 234,310. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CASPER L. MARSCHALL AND ANTHONY MARSCHALL, OF EVANSVILLE, IND.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,310, dated November 9, 1880. Application filed August 2, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ANTHONY MARscHALL and CASPER L. MARSGHALL, of Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved HarnessBuckle, of whichl the following is a speciiication.

The object of this inventionlistofprovide a harness-buckle theltongue of which may be locked upon the buckle-frame, and of such construction that the pull of the engaged trace or strap shall be straight and not at an angle thereto.

The inventiou'consists of a slotted key sliding in the base of the buckle-tongue rearward into a recess in the tongue-bar, the buckle being so constructed that its wear upon the strap held by it shall be less harmful and in a different line of direction from other buckles, the strap pulling in a perfectly vertical or horizontal line with the tongue instead of an an gle thereto, as in other buckles.

Figure lis aplan View, showing the buckle in position on aharness-strap or hame-tug. Fig.

V2 is a partly-sectional side elevation of the same on line w w, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan of the buckle-frame. Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective View of the buckle.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the buckle, the tongue-bar a of which is turned down or cut away in its center, as shown, leaving a bar, b, for the accommodation of the said tongue B, and thereby forming two shoulders, c c, that serve to prevent lateral movement of said tongue B, while from the center of this bar b a stud or catch, d, projects upward to engage in a corresponding recess or notch,f, in the eye of said tongue B. rIhe tongue-rest bar g of the buckle A is of oval cross-section, presenting edges inward and outward, as shown.

The eye 71J of the tongue B is formed by bending the rear end of the metal of which the said tongue B is formed downward and around along the under side of said tongue B, the flattened eXt-remity of said end being made to extend forward parallel with and at a short distance from the under side of the said tongue B, and being provided with a stud, k, projecting upward in contact with the under side of said tongue B. The point of said tongue B is turned upward at right angles to the body thereof, and is provided with a notch, l, in its face, that engages on the rear edge ot the tongue-rest bar g.

The key O is a flat bar of metal having one end turned down to form a head, m, and provided with a central longitudinal slot, n, up through which the stud 7c of the tongue B passes and thereby holds said key C in position.

D represents a harness-strap to which the buckle A is secured, said strap D being bent around the tongue-bar a. to form a hanne-tug, and having the tongue B passed through it in the usual manner. The trace or strap E has one end passed through the tugloop D and the other end passed beneath the tonguerest bar g, and is held by the point of the tongue B passing vertically up through the hole o made in said trace or strap E, while the notch Zot' said tongue-point engages on the rear edge of the tonguefrest bar g, as shown.

The tongue B is rmly locked in this position, with the catch d of the tongue-bar a engaged in the tongue-notch f, by pushing the key C so that its inner end shall be thrust in the recessed space p beneath the bar b of the tongue-bar a, whereby the bar bis forced and held in the upper part of the eye h. By pulling the key C forward it is released from the recessed space p, and the tongue B is thereby unlocked, so that the said tongue may be moved and the strap or trace E may be disengaged.

In the case of other buckles when the trace or strap is admitted the tongue rises and the frame drops, which makes it very inconvenient in buckling heavy straps. In the buckle herein shown and described the tongue drops and the frame rises, so that the trace or strap may be lengthened with great ease and without bending in the least.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. As an improved article of manufacture, a harness-buckle constructed substantially as herein shown and described, having a tonguebar, a, provided with a central bar, b, shoulders c c, stud d, and recessed space p,tongue B, pro- IOO vided with eye h,stud k, und notch I7 and key l n, substantially as liereiu shown and de- U, provided with centrul slot, n. as set forth. i scribed.

2. ln combination with the buckle herein l shown and described, the Sliding key (I, slib4 5 stantially :is und for the purpose set t'orth.

ANTHONY MARSCHALL. CASPER L. MARSCHALL.

3. In a. buckle. the combination. with the \\'itnesses: tongue B, provided with u stud, 1.', of thc slid i I. MAIER, ing key U, provided with n longitudinal slot. l ADoLrH MICHLE. 

